Sketches of
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共 41 段- Fish moving on dry land
- There are two varieties in the island; one of the ordinary f
- Like the other carnivora, leopards are timid and cowardly in
- One of the largest, belonging to a closely allied subgenus,
- _Deer_.--"Deer," says the truthful old chronicler, Robert Kn
- "If any narrative in the world," adds VALENTYN, "deserves cr
- But, then, the elephant is said to "entertain an extraordina
- On the other hand, the power of smell is so remarkable as al
- The same construction renders his gait not a "gallop," as it
- In drinking, the elephant, like the camel, although preferri
- One remarkable fact was called to my attention by a gentlema
- The shooting of elephants in Ceylon has been described with
- At other times this is achieved by spreading the noose on th
- Two months had been spent in these preliminaries, and the pr
- One practice was incessant with almost the entire herd: in t
- The final operation was that of slackening the ropes, and ma
- Mr. STRACHAN noticed the same liability of the elephants to
- Add to this, that from accidents and other causes, from ulce
- [Footnote 4: The hornbill is also frugivorous, and the nativ
- Another, called by the natives _neela-cobeya_[1], although s
- Munia Kelaarti. This Grosbeak previously assumed to be M. pe
- There is another popular belief that the crocodile is exceed
- The Singhalese believe the polonga to be by far the most sav
- Still, sea-snakes, though well-known to the natives, are not
- NOTE.--The following species are peculiar to Ceylon (and the
- Their skin is covered with minute scales, coated by a slimy
- [Footnote 1: Kirby says that it is "in pursuit of certain cr
- OPHIOCEPHALIDÆ, _Günther._
- I visited the pearl banks officially in 1848 in company with
- The only species afterwards sent to me were _Cerithia_; but
- alabastrum, _Pfeiff._ Monog. Pneumon.
- Owing to the favourable combination of heat, moisture, and v
- "The perfected fly never effects its egress from the closed
- [Footnote 1: Another caterpillar which feeds on the jasmine
- "Mr. Layard's collection was partly formed in the dry northe
- Apolecta, _Pasc_.
- Phassus, _Steph_.
- _Arachinida--Myriopoda--Crustacea, etc._
- _Millepeds_.--In the hot dry season, and more especially in
- Baker, Mr., his theory of the passion for sporting, 142 n.
- Pachydermata, 59, 74.